In its first comment following the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association today said it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

The NRA went silent in the wake of the tragedy last Friday: The gun-rights group's Facebook page disappeared, it stopped sending out tweets, and it told reporters that "[u]ntil the facts are thoroughly known, NRA will not have any comment."

On Tuesday, the group said it would hold a "major news conference" on Friday, December 21 in the Washington D.C., area to further explain its position. It did not offer additional details on the press conference.

USAToday:
The National Rifle Association has put out a statement saying it is “prepared to offer meaningful contributions” to prevent more violence like that which occurred in Newtown, Conn., last week. The organization said it will hold a news conference in the Washington, D.C., area on Friday.

Also the NRA could inject some perspective in the gun control argument. In a way, the NRA was the original civil rights movement. In the midst of the lyncings going on in the late 1800-early 1900’s the NRA was advocating helping poor Blacks obtain firearms and ammo to protect themselves from the White supremacist/kkk wing of the democrat party.

The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters  and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown.

Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting.

The NRA is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.

The NRA is planning to hold a major news conference in the Washington, DC area on Friday, December 21.

I suspect they will offer something, and maybe ask for the ability of some teachers to be armed. More than likely they will offer the AR platform to be banned (most of the older, moneyed donors don’t like them anyway).

Why not discuss the facts? EVERY shooter chose a gun free zone, because they knew the people there had no self defense. Had one - just one - person been armed anywhere, the carnage could have been prevented. Instead - guns were outlawed. If this is what happens in buildings that are disarmed, imagine the horrors that would happen to our entire country if it were disarmed!!!!

Me either. Offer handgun training to any teachers willing and help them with retrofitting desks with drawer locks accessible by the teacher’s hand/palm-prints.
As long as public schools are `gun-free’ zones they remain killing grounds for mentally ill gun-thieves. If I had school age children I would home-school them.

When a mass shooting occurs, the National Rifle Association’s communications shop typically goes dark, particularly its highly visible social media channels. That has certainly been the case post-Newtown. The organization’s Facebook page, with its more than 1.7 million likes, has been hidden with users being redirected to Facebook’s homepage. Its Twitter account, with more than 65,000 followers, has been silent since Friday as well.

As a behemoth powerhouse in politics, the NRA is also highly active on social media channels. To put it into perspective, Republican communications consultant Michael Turk points out that the NRA’s page surpasses the RNC’s Facebook page, which has 1.1 million likes. The gun group’s Facebook presence also certainly eclipses the anti-gun lobby Brady Campaign, which has 42,000 likes.

Waiting () was both the humane thing for the NRA to do and the smart thing tactically. By waiting until today, the NRA now knows what the media's tactics are; and by waiting a few days after making this announcement to hold the actual presser, they will have an idea of how our unbiased, objective, open-minded, impartial, non-ideological media intends to absolutely crush and destroy them. What the NRA now has is the time needed to formulate arguments and to put forward that which our craven, opportunistic media has not -- a serious, pro-active plan to ensure Sandy Hook can’t...

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posted on 12/18/2012 4:22:47 PM PST
by Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)

1. “Assault weapons” were not used.
2. “huge clips” were certainly not a factor - he had all the time he needed to reload.
3. “laws to keep from mentally ill” would not have helped here.
4. “more checks needed” to purchase would have had no effect.
5. “training requirements” would have been useless.

All in all, I want to see them produce a very well supported white paper stating that we need to end “gun free zones” - that virtually all “mass killings” occur in those stupid spots. That if teachers and school workers were encouraged to carry, that is the best shot. Also, that they support posting guards, as is true in Israel.

I agree with Huckabee and Kudlow that the true solution also involves turning back to God and somehow curbing violent video games, and mental health care discussions, but those ought to be outside the realm of the white paper of the NRA.

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posted on 12/18/2012 4:25:30 PM PST
by AFPhys
((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))

You are so wrong !
But your pushing a hit piece from the Commie Broadcast service .
A certified Obama propaganda outlet .

Fox reported the NRA plans to push back with demand to
On gaming industry and mental health experts to be make Changes in there fields !
They are going after Hollywood aha obamawood too !
Excellent strategy !

Suggest that every school that’s interested designate a “first responder” who willl have available a firearm in a controlled-access site, and offer free training to that designated individual not only in firearm use, but appropriate response to a Columbine / Sandy Hook incident. And make an offer to financially support local law enforcement in coordinating with that school representative both training and response to such an incident.

In just about every case of these travesties, the perp halted his killing rampage (and often turned the gun on himself) once confronted by an armed challenge. And none of them was deterred by “gun-free zone” signage or hand-wringing over gun control.

My guess is that the right is finally waking up and is getting tired of being bludgeoned by the left....

Here is what I mean.... If you give the left enough rope they will hang themselves literally. (ban rope) We know the left has an agenda to remove all guns from society but the vast majority support the second ammendment, in won’t be long before the left revelling in victory will demand more and more controls at which point they will expose themselves similar to the healthcare reform debate and the country will get up in arms about it.

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posted on 12/18/2012 5:01:37 PM PST
by Typical_Whitey
(The political mirage of something for nothing; has ruined many a nation.)

My guess is that the right is finally waking up and is getting tired of being bludgeoned by the left....

Here is what I mean.... If you give the left enough rope they will hang themselves literally. (ban rope) We know the left has an agenda to remove all guns from society but the vast majority support the second ammendment, in won’t be long before the left revelling in victory will demand more and more controls at which point they will expose themselves similar to the healthcare reform debate and the country will get up in arms about it.

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posted on 12/18/2012 5:01:50 PM PST
by Typical_Whitey
(The political mirage of something for nothing; has ruined many a nation.)

Exactly
Go after the Dem party money suppliers and the lobs that
Shut down the mental institutions !

Apparently the shooting was about mom trying to commit
The son !
And it looks like the school administrator and counselor may have been involved in the commitment process .
The supposed argument seen the day before !

And the kids shot in the first grade were the kids she volunteer for last year !

Step out side the echo chamber FRiend. Cerberus just dropped all of their firearm group. They spent millions upon millions creating Freedom group, and they are dropping to so fast they may be sued. This is the largest firearm group in the world, whose value has doubled this year along, deciding to divest. They have the connections to see what is going to happen.

This is a big money group. Bigger than most here can fathom. They are trying to get something for it, before all of the holdings are worth nothing.

The AR have a 75% chance of going away, along with most semi autos. If we are really lucky, it won’t be out right confiscation. If we are extremely lucky it will just be a magazine ban and ammo limitations.

I don’t want that, but the State will take action. Most politicians do not like the idea of the common man being armed. It scares the heck out of them.

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